Oral history interview with Isadore Helfing
Extent and Medium
3 film reels, color ; 16 mm
4 sound tape reels, analog, mono ; 7 in.
2 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Sandra Bradley
Biographical History
Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Isadore Helfing on March 9, 1992, in Beverly Hills, Calif., in preparation for the making of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition film, "Testimony." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the films and tapes of the interview via transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Helfing, Isadore.
- Sandra Bradley
- Isadore Helfing
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Uprisings
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Ukrainians--Poland--Treblinka.
- Suicide--Poland--Treblinka.
- Soccer--Poland--Treblinka.
- Prayer.
- Orchestra.
- Mass burials--Poland--Treblinka.
- Kapos--Poland--Treblinka.
- Insurgency--Poland--Treblinka.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
- Germans--Poland--Treblinka.
- Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
- Hiding places--Poland.
- Gas chambers--Poland--Treblinka.
- Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
- Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
- Concentration camp inmates as musicians.
- Concentration camp guards--Poland--Treblinka.
- Concentration camp escapes--Poland--Treblinka.
- Boxing matches--Poland--Treblinka.
- Treblinka (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral History